Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
Legumes evolved sophisticated mechanisms to keep control over the rhizobial infection process from the onset of root hair curling, over the transcellular passage of the infection thread (IT) up to the release of bacteria into nodule cells. Over the last years, our team has focussed on molecular mechanisms that steer IT progression1 and its mechanical stabilization2 along a defined cellular trajectory3 that includes it transcellular passage from cell to cell4,5. In my talk, I will discuss our current view on this process from different perspectives.
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